siebie

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sę.

Pronoun

siebie

  1. Alternative form of się.

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Polish: siebie

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish siebie, from Proto-Slavic *sę.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɕɛ.bjɛ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛbjɛ
  • Syllabification: sie‧bie

Pronoun

siebie

  1. Alternative form of się.

Declension
Declension of –
singular and plural
nominative —
genitive się/siebie
dative sobie/se
accusative się/siebie
instrumental sobą
locative sobie/se
vocative —

See also

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), siebie is one of the top 10,355 most used words in Polish, appearing 137 times in scientific texts, 41 times in news, 124 times in essays, 430 times in fiction, and 407 times in plays, totaling 1139 times, making it the 36th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References
  1. Ida Kurcz (1990), “siebie”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 526

Further reading
  • siebie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • siebie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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